The Return of Hard Week

Having low training volumes in December and January made even the "hard" weeks seem easy. Now hard week is HARD.



(My training program is periodized meaning, roughly, that training intensity and volume build over a three week period that is followed by a week of recovery. Training intensities and volumes making of the build and recovery weeks vary throughout the year so that endurance, strength and speed are gained at the right time of the year to make me race ready.)

This hard week totalled 15 hours of training. Hard weeks in the coming months will push over 20 hours. This week included a "Swim Camp" consisting of 7 swim sessions in 8 days. These sessions included club TT's (Time Trials) last Sunday, Master's workouts and two 1 on 1 sessions with Coach Andrew that totalled about 18k of swimming (with 6k in one day). This camp was hard but I finished it with a strong solo long distance swim yesterday. This hard work should pay off down the road.

Today is my day off and next week is Recovery week. Recovery weeks mean fewer and shorter workouts and lots of sleeping and eating.

Really, the best thing about hard week is recovery week.